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Grand beginnings: The cryptography community comes together for the first annual Certicom ECC Conference The first annual Certicom ECC Conference brought together industry professionals, academics and cryptographic luminaries to discuss the science and the business of elliptic curve cryptography. This article provides an overview of the 2 day conference, the speakers and their presentation topics.

	A Brief History: The origins of public-key cryptography and ECC At Certicom’s ECC Conference in November 2004, several speakers offered their personal insights into the beginnings of public-key cryptography and the rise of ECC. The following article represents an amalgamation and condensation of the stories they told.

	The Use of Public-Key Cryptography in the BlackBerry The decision by Research in Motion Limited (RIM) to use ECC to secure the BlackBerry demonstrates why ECC is ideal in constrained environments.

	Crypto Column: Reflections: The year that was Dr. Scott Vanstone provides a personal reflection on the ECC Conference.

Crypto News Colossus Rebuilt & Crypto Challenges Solved